Heidelberg (dpa / lsw) – In the dispute with the city of Heidelberg over the use of the ex-prison “Fauler Pelz”, the state is relying on understanding. He shares Heidelberg’s concerns, Interior Minister Thomas Strobl (CDU) told the Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung (RNZ/Friday). You have to make sure that sick people are well accommodated, but there shouldn’t be any security deficits. “In this respect, we are obliged to continue to work well and constructively with each other. The hand of the state of Baden-Württemberg remains outstretched.”
The Ministry of Social Affairs wants to temporarily accommodate 80 addicted criminals in the correctional facility in the “Fauler Pelz” as quickly as possible and modernize the old prison for this purpose. The people of Heidelberg are against it. At the beginning of the month, the municipal council decided to postpone the state’s planning application for a year. The vote of the city councilors was a heavy blow for Social Affairs Minister Manne Lucha (Greens), who is urgently looking for an interim solution for the incarceration until 2025. However, the city plans to use it for universities. In view of the investment of eleven million euros, she does not believe that it will be used for a limited period of time.
